I hate to leave my morning reading, but laundry & dishes call. Hopefully, I‘ll be back soon!

https://open.substack.com/pub/amystewart/p/illustrated-book-review-the-stone?r=1...

Here‘s a link to author @AmyStewart ‘s Substack about Margery Sharp‘s adult books. These may be fun compagion reads!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 🐭

Starting this childhood favorite of mine for #ChildrensClassicRead2024
Our own #Litten @ahoffkosik has a podcast featuring Pippi!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-209-pippi-longstocking-with-clarib...

140,000 Chinese men formed the French & British Chinese Labor Corps during WWI. The British headquarters were in Noyelles-Sur-Mer, France because it was by a railroad line as well as near a forest, which was an important source of timber. During & after the war, these men repaired railway lines, tanks, cleaned up battlefields, dead bodies, and the rubble from devastated towns. #NeverForget #LitsyBookClub

Reading these books back to back is breaking my heart 💔 They are complimentary- his 2nd book, Wandering Stars, is a prequel & sequel to his 1st book- There, There. Tommy Orange is coming to Wichita to the Mid- America Indian Center in a couple of weeks. I‘m looking forward to this author event.

#5JoysFriday
1.Seeing the eclipse in Savannah b/c a kind museum worker shared her glasses!
2.Having a wonderful vacation w my sister in Charleston & Savannah!
3.Coming home to babysit my two youngest grandkids while my daughter & her husband go to Dallas where he received recognition for his work in young adult ministries for the Catholic Church.
4. My 4 yo twin granddaughters will be here tonight
5. Being part of this Litsy family!
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Great storytelling by Janie Chang. I didn‘t know the Allies during WWI used Chinese men as labor in Europe to quickly rebuild trains, cannons, tanks, railways destroyed by the Germans.
( St Sulpice in Paris) #litsybookclub

First day in Charleston & saw this cute bookstore!!!

Reading & learning about the history of 140,000 Chinese workers brought to Europe as noncombatant labor during World War I. This is a part of history I never knew about. #LitsyBookclub #DogsOfLitsy

While Twain‘s Huckleberry Finn revealed Jim as a caring, kind person, Everett has captured James‘ 3 dimensional character, intelligence, literacy, & compassion.

This is a cute quote: ‘At the moment when our story closes‘

The book on the left just has the first half of the story, whereas my Kindle and the book in the right contain both the first and second book of Heidi.
It is very interesting how different the translations are!!
(Why did the library put the code bar over the title???)
This was another fun read for #ChildrensClassicRead2024 Thanks @TheBookHippie

I‘m bewitched. Boston 1662. Mary Deerfield is a strong woman holding her ground and fighting for what‘s right.
This is another brilliant book by the master storyteller @ChrisBohjalian
🐶 Bandette is posing like many women on book covers- with her back towards us!

#LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead
#DogsOfLitsy

Re-listening to Slot Machine Fever Dreams before reading @chrisbojalian ‘s new book. It is the 2nd book I‘ve ever read with a 2nd Person Narrator!!

I went to a vintage store today and saw some books I resisted buying! But the photos warm my heart also!
Bobbsey Twins, Hardy Boys & Cherry Ames Student Nurse are the older ones that are hard to see.
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I‘m reading the e-book, but there‘s no photographs. These are the library books I checked out.
The top Viking Press edition has very interesting historic information in the margins along with illustrations.
The bottom Julian Messner New York edition has some black-and-white illustrations throughout with a few colored as well. ( I thought Heidi had blind hair!)
#ChildrensClassicRead2024

So true! 🩵🦋🩵 #Orphan

I‘m not certain if you can access this article. I‘ll copy a few parts I thought were interesting about the author and her Great Gma. This photo shows something that amused me. I was trying not to look up all these addresses in the book and then the authors character also mentioned she did not need all the street addresses. Her mom Said they were all important though. 👇

#europacollective

For some reason, I cannot access the illustrations on my e-book. I went to my library and checked out a couple books. The illustrations in this The Whole Story Edition are really neat because they have historical information as well!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 #March

A caper with Britain‘s first female crime syndicate!!

I‘m just starting this book & am reading the introduction. I‘m reading the free Kindle version, and I think the intro about the translator is interesting. I love the way he values childrens‘ intelligence!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 #March

I thought this quote was funny because I had just complained about it to myself When I first started reading this book, I was worried about all the addresses because I am compulsively always looking up addresses to understand the places in a book. This time I decided I would just listen and not look up every address. It was hard at first. I‘m getting better at it. #EuropaCollective

This is such a moving biographical novel. I‘ve been wanting to read this and am glad it was picked for March‘s #europacollective by @jlhammar I can‘t stop listening to & reading it. 📖 🎧

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-anonymous-postcard-tha...

I‘m reading the companion book to the movie Argylle. The movie was a fun, campy caper involving an author whose books appear to come to life. It reminds me of Romancing The Stone. The book is supposed to be a book she has written- not a copy of the movie. There was big secrecy on the author- with a fake IG account, etc. That‘s a story in itself. I‘m enjoying the book, but it‘s doesn‘t have the campy humor as the movie. 👇

Bandette thinks she needs to be right in the middle of my “office “!
Researching for my trip with my sister in April it will be here before you know it!

Finishing up this book about two black students at an elite private school. This debut YA novel is tackling many social issues, including racism, homophobia, and generational trauma.
I can‘t wait to discuss it tomorrow for #LitsyBookClub

One of my favorite books & authors from childhood. I always wanted to go to the pony round up. Now I‘m afraid to go because I might buy a pony! Now, as an adult I do question whether we really should be buying wild horses instead of letting them just roam…
I will always have a special place in my heart for Misty and Stormy, Misty‘s foal 🐴 🩷🐴
*This book is $50 at the used bookstore in town*
#ChildrensClassicRead2024

1. Mrs. Pollifax
2. Miss Marple
3. Nancy Drew
Bonus: Encyclopedia Brown
#TNT
Thx for the tag @dabbe

I‘m so excited to have been selected to win these most anticipated books & bookish gifts for @booksparks Winter Reading Challenge 2024.
Just my cup of tea!

Thanks so much @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for hosting #sharreadathon and this giveaway! The book looks great- I love the PINK 🩷 cover!
The bookish pin, Valentines & St Pat‘s stickers, little notepad, and the sparkling 🔆 little bag are special extra treats! Thanks!!!!

A very interesting story of artists Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Manet, and their contemporaries.
I‘m reading the backlists of authors for
#SuperBookV 📚 and for #Sharreadathon 💖

This author writes well written chick lit that may be predictable, but isn‘t too sappy. I read it for my IRL Bookclub #FriendsWithBooks during #Sharreadathon

Reading this backlist book before an author event in San Diego. It‘s not as great as I was hoping. More San Diego name dropping than about the zoo. But I‘m going to plug along. #Sharreadathon #readathon #SuperBookV

I finished this adorable story of Miss Bianca, Bernard, and Nils.
Last night, I went to an event at an art gallery and saw these two cute little mice which reminded me of the book!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 #sharreadathon #readathon

Reading the backlists of the 20 authors attending #SuperBookV hosted by #AdventuresByTheBook & #NovelNetwork 2/18/2024 in San Diego. It‘s a wonderful all day author event.
Today I‘m reading to celebrate the life of @sharread
She is missed. #Sharreadathon #Readathon

Nils equates himself:
A story about King Richard involves the quest of his loyal minstrel Blondel to find King Richard who disappeared on his way back from the Holy Land.
Blondel traveled from castle to castle throughout Europe, singing the 1st verse of Richard‘s favorite song until he heard the king answer with the 2nd verse.
Blondel‘s discovery of the king‘s location led to Richard‘s return to England to assume his rightful place as king.👑
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What a name for a big scary cat 🐈‍⬛ in a prison!!
We can only hope this cat happens to LIKE mice (as friends! Not food!) or our Miss Bianca is in real trouble!!!
The suspense! 😬 😱 😥
I can‘t read it until tonight! Hold on Miss Bianca!!!
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#ChildrensClassicRead #ChildrensClassicRead2024

This is an adorable palate cleanser after reading the complex Cloud Atlas. It is written so cleverly 🐭🐭🐭#ChildrensClassicRead2024

Another great day to stay inside and read. It‘s only 5* out!! 🩵🥶🩵
Ready to start the 2nd 1/2 of the 5th book for #Litsybookclub The stories have become more intriguing as I read on.

We had about 8 inches of snow today. Work was delayed until 10:00, now noon. My partner and I just decided to cancel all day. I‘m gonna curl up in my reading chair with my dog and try to tackle this book!
#LitsyBookClub

Starting Book 5 of Cloud Atlas
Work is getting in the way of my reading today!!!
#LitsyBookClub

Starting Book 4. I want to jump ahead and finish Luisa Rey‘s story, but I‘ll read the book as the author intended. #LitsyBookClub

Does anyone else try to take photos of other peoples bookshelves to see what they are reading? This was a reporter on the news the other day.
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Starting story #3. I‘m seeing a few connections between the stories. It‘s slow reading, but I‘m interested in seeing how the author pulls it all together. January‘s #LitsyBookClub

I don‘t like the movie cover, but it was all that was available at the used bookstore

More stats. Happy New Year 🥳🥂📚

It was a great reading year! Thanks to @jackilynn for helping me find the website myyearinbooks.com !
Happy New Years Eve! 🥳📚🥳

This so far is the sweetest book.
Such a great premise: Providing a home for family heirlooms that people don‘t have room for, but can‘t bear to throw away. 💚 🪑 🍴 🛠️🧸💚

So far Molly doesn‘t disappoint. Nita Prose may be a good editor but she is a great writer ✍️

Fun spy caper!
Tongue- in- cheek humor, amnesia, & espionage. The male narrator has a Maltese Falcon, Film noir vibe. The author mostly writes younger children and young adult novels, but I‘ll be watching for more adult fiction from her.

Getting ready to jump into this bizarre book for our #Litsybookclub January pick!

I can‘t remember where I heard about this book so that it ended up on my TBR ( I need to get better at labeling that).
It‘s Daphne du Maurier‘s Rebecca inside Rebecca inside Rebecca. A Matryoshka doll. 🪆